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![Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/part-par-par8252684-1-1-0_-_afp_0.jpg "Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza [photo credit: AFP]")
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21 August 2015
Burundi president sworn in for third term, opposition say unconstitutional
![Shwe Man (L), Speaker of the Union Parliament, and Myanmar"s President Thein Sein exit after he gave a speech at the regular 9th section of the Union parliament on the final day in Nyapyitaw in this March 26, 2014 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_-_reuters_0.jpg "Shwe Man (L), Speaker of the Union Parliament, and Myanmar\"s President Thein Sein exit after he gave a speech at the regular 9th section of the Union parliament on the final day in Nyapyitaw in this March 26, 2014 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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20 August 2015
Myanmar lawmakers to vote on impeachment bill following political turmoil
![Liberian President Sirleaf with members of the Constitutional Review Committee [photo credit: Buzz Liberia]](/sites/default/files/liberia_crc_-_buzz_liberia_0.jpg "Liberian President Sirleaf with members of the Constitutional Review Committee [photo credit: Buzz Liberia]")
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20 August 2015
Liberia president receives report from the constitutional review committee
![Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) arrives at a polling station during a general election in Colombo, August 17, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/rajapaska_-_reuters_0.jpeg "Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) arrives at a polling station during a general election in Colombo, August 17, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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19 August 2015
Sri Lanka goes to the polls giving future mandate for constitutional reforms on government accountability
![ODM leader Raila Odinga [photo credit: Capital FM]](/sites/default/files/raila-maanzoni_-_capital_fm_1.jpg "ODM leader Raila Odinga [photo credit: Capital FM]")
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18 August 2015
Kenya's opposition rejects extending deadline on laws implementing the constitution
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18 August 2015
Nepal strikes over six province proposal in draft constitution
![President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [photo credit: Independent Balkan News Agency]](/sites/default/files/ergodan_-_independent_balkan_news_agendcy_0.jpg "President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [photo credit: Independent Balkan News Agency]")
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17 August 2015
Turkey: Erdogan presses for new constitution after failed coalition talks
![Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann attends a USDP meeting on August 12, flanked by vice chairs Thura U Aye Myint (left) and U Htay Oo (right) [photo credit: The Myanmar Times]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_times_1.jpg "Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann attends a USDP meeting on August 12, flanked by vice chairs Thura U Aye Myint (left) and U Htay Oo (right) [photo credit: The Myanmar Times]")
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14 August 2015
Myanmar President removes party chair and other key figures after attempts to change the constitution
![President of Guinea Bissau, Jose Mario Vaz [photo credit: Voice of America]](/sites/default/files/guinea_bissau_president_-_voice_of_america_1.jpg "President of Guinea Bissau, Jose Mario Vaz [photo credit: Voice of America]")
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14 August 2015
Guinea Bissau President sacks government amid constitutional tensions with PM
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13 August 2015
Somali MPs submit an impeachment motion against President Hassan
![Ugandan Parliament [photo credit: The East African]](/sites/default/files/uganda_parliament_-_the_east_african_0.jpg "Ugandan Parliament [photo credit: The East African]")
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12 August 2015
Uganda Parliament passes Constitution Amendment Bill
![Pakistan Senate [photo credit: APP]](/sites/default/files/pakistan_senate_-_app_0.jpg "Pakistan Senate [photo credit: APP]")
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12 August 2015
Pakistan Senate adotps bill on military courts following Supreme Court ruling
![Ukraine constitutional court [photo credit: Wikimedia]](/sites/default/files/ukraine_constitutional_court_-_wikimedia_4.jpg "Ukraine constitutional court [photo credit: Wikimedia]")
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12 August 2015
Constitutional Court judge warns decentralisation amendments jeopardise Ukraine's unitary status
![Nepalese activists bang plates and spoons as they take part in a protest demanding equal citizenship rights in the new constitution in Kathmandu on August 10, 2015 [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/nepal-protest_650x400_61439269514_-_afp_1.jpg "Nepalese activists bang plates and spoons as they take part in a protest demanding equal citizenship rights in the new constitution in Kathmandu on August 10, 2015 [photo credit: AFP]")
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11 August 2015
Police deployed after clashes over federalism plan in Nepal constitution
![Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalithaa [photo credit: PTI]](/sites/default/files/narendra_modi_and_jayalalithaa_-_pti_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0.jpg "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalithaa [photo credit: PTI]")
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10 August 2015
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister urges Indian PM Modi to expedite decentralisation in Sri Lanka